Transformed You With Mark & Melissa Dejesus

Melissa DeJesus interviews her husband Mark about his latest book, The OCD Healing Journey. The post The Story Behind the Book: Melissa Interviews Her Husband first appeared on Mark DeJesus.

Everyone experiences intrusive thoughts, but for those who struggle with OCD, they can easily get lost in examination the thought and reacting to the thought in ways that are compulsive. There are two reactions to intrusive thoughts that Christians with OCD can fall into that drive them off track. Do you find yourself falling into […] The post 2 Reasons Christians Get Off Track with Intrusive Thoughts first appeared on Mark DeJesus.

Have you ever felt like the spiraling of OCD is getting worse? What do we do when we feel like our obsessive-compulsive struggles are getting worse and more intense? Today I want to bring perspective on some things to consider when you feel like things are getting worse than getting better. Video Broadcast: Watch on […] The post 12 Reasons OCD Gets Worse first appeared on Mark DeJesus.

OCD wants you to think the problem is whatever you are obsessing about. Yet you need to understand that “the problem is not the problem.” The issue you are “spinning” about is not the issue. It is more about HOW you relate to your thoughts that is really what needs to be addressed. With obsessive-compulsive […] The post The 7 Distortions of OCD first appeared on Mark DeJesus.

To understand OCD and obsessive-compulsive struggles, we have to gain an understanding of compulsions. If you want to understand how OCD operates, the world of OCD really manifests through compulsive living. Compulsions are the manifestation of OCD. The word compulsion involves an irresistible and persistent urge or impulse to alleviate the disturbance of an obsession. […] The post What is OCD? Part 2: Compulsions first appeared on Mark DeJesus.

There is a lot of misunderstanding when it comes to OCD. Many see it only as a cleanliness and order issue, but it is much more than that. Today I want to get into what OCD is by first explaining what obsessions are, how they show up and what topics are often material for the […] The post What is OCD? Part 1: Obsessions first appeared on Mark DeJesus.

Join me as I provide a tour through The OCD Healing Journey, to give you an overview of the chapters in the book. Video Broadcast: Click Here to Go to Broadcast Recommended Resources:  To support future broadcasts:  The post Take a Tour of The OCD Healing Journey Chapters first appeared on Mark DeJesus.

My latest book project is one that is near and dear to my heart, as it is a struggle I have had to personally face and learn to work through. As I proclaim the message of healing freedom in the areas of mental, emotional and relationship health, The OCD Healing journey is meant to encourage […] The post New Book: “The OCD Healing Journey” Available Now! first appeared on Mark DeJesus.

All of us have to come to terms with our family history and understand how our parental relationship influenced our mental and emotional health. As many confront their mental health struggles, addictions and relationship patterns, we have to learn how to process through what influenced many of our thinking and behaving patterns. We often carry […] The post Processing Parental Wound and Family Brokenness first appeared on Mark DeJesus.

There are certain patterns that manifest in those who were raised with emotionally immature parents. In this broadcast, I want to bring out some of the struggles a person can have that reveal the emotional limitations in their upbringing. Do you find these symptoms in your life? Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble: Recommended Resources:  To […] The post 10 Struggles that Reveal You Had Emotionally Immature Parents first appeared on Mark DeJesus.

Your emotional development or lack thereof, forms out of your relationship with your parents, which in effect, greatly impacts our mental health. But what about if your parents were emotionally immature? How do you even understand this and learn to heal? In understanding your upbringing, have you come to discover that your parents were emotionally […]

As you become aware of how your upbringing impacted your life, it can be helpful to understand some themes of dysfunction you may have grown up with. Today I want to talk about dysfunctional families and five types that I have seen impact the mental and emotional health of people negatively. Video Broadcast: Watch on […]

If you want to experience greater mental, emotional and relationship health, it will be important to understand your relationship with your parents. A healthy upbringing contributes to greater mental health. Studies have shown that a strong parent-child relationship leads to a healthy sense of identity and how to relate to your thoughts and emotions. On […]

What does it look like in day to day life to work through people pleasing struggles? Melissa and I take some time to give examples of how people pleasing has impacted our journey and preventing us from experiencing greater mental and emotional health. We talk through some of the factors in our upbringing that contributed […]

The inner critic seeks to block and create resistance to the work of love and grace in your life. It is the voice in our thoughts that constantly judges our thoughts, behaviors, decisions, and emotions. Learning to recognize and discern the inner critic can be a powerful tool in helping us to become more self-aware […]

Are You at War with Yourself? Many are noticing that within their struggle to heal and overcome, they have become an enemy to themselves. The brokenness of our hearts has driven us into living with a lie that being an enemy to yourself is the way to live. Too many are in a war called […]

In order to break through patterns of people pleasing, we have to learn how to help the heart of a people pleaser to experience healing and find new directions that are healthy and empowered. Today my purpose is to look at your heart and equip you to walk away from the trap of pleasing and […]

To break free from people pleasing, we have to become self-aware and discern its patterns in our life. What does the life of a people pleaser look like and why do so many get trapped underneath this bondage? in this broadcast teaching, I will share about patterns of people pleasing so that you can discern […]

As we grow in our walk with God, many share a struggle they have in working through the past. In our discussion, we want to bring out the journey of healing and growth regarding the “past you.” Not just the “you” before you accepted Christ, but even the “past you” as a believer, the immature […]

How do you practice compassion on your past mental health struggles? How do you also deal with people who hold you to the “old you” and the old issues of the past? How do you walk into the new when people around you are holding you to the past? In today’s broadcast, I address the […]